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食くわす

Meanings

Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)

1. to feed (e.g. an animal on oats); to let eat; to serve (e.g. in a restaurant); to force to eat

2. to support (e.g. a family); to provide for; to keep

3. to inflict (damage); to deal (e.g. a blow); to administer

4. to deceive; to cheat; to trick

Alt. forms

Kanji used

eat

Pitch accent

く

わ

す

Conjugations...Used in: 791

Used in vocabulary (5 in total)

一いっ杯ぱい食くわす

to play a trick on; to cheat; to deceive; to dupe

いっぱい食くわす

to play a trick on; to cheat; to deceive; to dupe

秋あき茄な子すは嫁よめに食くわすな

don't feed autumn eggplant to your wife (because they're too delicious, because they'll give her the chills, or because their lack of seeds will reduce her fertility)